This new version is the result of 1432 tasks and 12.500 man*days of development during 18 months. A huge effort has been done on the cleaning of the existing code base, resulting in only 17k lines of python code added for all these new features.

Usability and productivity improvements

Faster user interface

Writing in the search box is now super fast, you don't need to wait that Odoo preloads matching records (but auto-completion is still available through criteria expansion)

"Group by" reports are much faster, performing all grouping in one query instead of one per group

The navigation bar (search, breadcrumb) and menu use fixed positioning. You don't need to scroll anymore to search or navigate.

Improved search view

Searching on relation fields allows to search on a string instead of selecting a specific record

Default filters of every menu have been reviewed to better fit best practices and most common needs

You cannot create leave request in a draft if there are not enough leaves. When confirming new leave requests, other leave requests waiting for validation are now taken into account in order to display the remaining leaves, helping employees avoid mistakes. HR Officers are also able to re-edit existing leave requests much more easily.

Draft PO state split in two states: Draft Purchase Order and Request for Quotation

Auto-merge of multiple products for the same suppliers when the PO is in draft state

Choose the currency directly on Purchase Orders

New call for tenders application

Sales / contract

Sales team management: CRM Sales Teams are now displayed only if you need them, there is a new option to toggle them in the Sales Settings menu ("Use Sales Teams" option in Settings/Configuration/Sales). When enabled, a new Sales Team menu will appear in your Sales menu, giving you a central dashboard with a quick overview of all Leads, Opportunities, Quotations, Invoices and the monthly turnover, by Sales Team.

The front-end of every application

Based on the website builder, Odoo version 8 includes the frontend of every Odoo application. All Odoo applications became better thanks to their frontend features. Few examples: event management (you can promote and sell events online), recruitment (applicants can apply online), sales (you can publish your store with the eCommerce), lead acquisition is improved with contact form, survey can now be public and many other useful features: